My google adsense account was disabled. It says that I clicked the ads myself.

Anyone here has similar experience?

Did you click the Ad's yourself?

Yes...sometimes....some ads are interesting. So i thought i can view the ads like the site visitor also.

Sounds like you clicked too many. They have good tracking in place ;)

how many is too many?

Probably 1 day.

May I ask how much you guys earn averagely in a month with google adsense?

Originally posted by Asus
May I ask how much you guys earn averagely in a month with google adsense?
This information cannot be released and shall remain confidential between Google and yourself under their Terms of Service.

Yes lol, the big Google secret. shhhhhh. :D

They're about 5 yrs away from emulating M$. :rolleyes:

or better still how about M$ buys out G$ in 5 years ? :D

Originally posted by chrisranjana
or better still how about M$ buys out G$ in 5 years ? :D

I smell some possible truth there.

. . . Goes to get some clean air.

Originally posted by Asus
May I ask how much you guys earn averagely in a month with google adsense?
That varies enormously depending on the site, the size of the site, the content and many other things. Some may wait months before getting their first cheque, some get one every month, some earn the equivelant of a monthly minimum in a day.

Google say that you're not allowed to click on your own text adverts, not even once.

Not even once? ;0 I didnt read that.

Hmm...i did go to the ads (ads about a forum) and participated in that advertiser's forum.... I didnt know it is wrong to do that.

Originally posted by Asus
Not even once? ;0 I didnt read that.

Hmm...i did go to the ads (ads about a forum) and participated in that advertiser's forum.... I didnt know it is wrong to do that.


Its is not wrong to participate in the forum. What is wrong is to click on the Google link on your won site and go to that forum. It can be considered same as spamming or generating false hits on your site to boost your site statistics.

Goggle will most probably get alerted by your IP number when you repeatedly click on the Google ads on your own website. Well Google should have other ways not to credit your account when they find you clicking through. But maybe they have their reason to suspend your account instead.

Generally speaking it is not ethical to do so but I see no harm if you ask your friends to visit your site and see the ads and click thru them. That would be promoting your sites and the ads which is its primary purpose.

Originally posted by RajanUrs
Generally speaking it is not ethical to do so but I see no harm if you ask your friends to visit your site and see the ads and click thru them. That would be promoting your sites and the ads which is its primary purpose.
Ad companies see the harm in in though ;) Maybe if they clicked once in a while if they were genuinely interested in an ad, fine, but to ask click happy mates to help you, is very much frowned on.

Google FAQs
8. How do you prevent click and page impression spam?

Any method used to artificially and/or fraudulently generate clicks or page impressions is strictly prohibited. Google monitors clicks on Google AdWords ads to prevent abuse of the Google AdSense program. Google's proprietary technology analyzes clicks to determine whether they fit a pattern of fraudulent use intended to artificially drive up an advertiser's clicks or a publisher's earnings. Clicks deemed by us to be click spam should not be included in your earnings.

These prohibited methods include but are not limited to: repeated manual clicks, using robots, automated clicking tools, or other deceptive software. Please note that clicking on your own ads for any reason is prohibited, to avoid potential inflation of advertiser costs. All clicks must be generated as the result of a user clicking on the ads. We therefore require AdSense publishers not to incite or provide any incentive for users to click on a Google ad.

Please be assured that there is no need for test clicks in order to verify the validity of the ads. Our AdWords specialists review ads to verify that the destination URLs of the ads are working and lead to a valid website.

Originally posted by Asus
Not even once? ;0 I didnt read that. It's always a good idea to read any agreement that you agree to. :)

It's easy enough to check out the sites whose ads are appearing on your own: just mouseover and not the url, and type it in.
Originally posted by RajanUrs
Generally speaking it is not ethical to do so but I see no harm if you ask your friends to visit your site and see the ads and click thru them. That would be promoting your sites and the ads which is its primary purpose. No, the primary purpose is to promote the sites that are paying for the ads, not your site that's displaying them. Somebody's paying for every click, and they're paying for visitors that they think are interested in their products or services -- not those who are just helping their friends.

But really I wanted to reply because I liked that phrase "it is not ethical to do so but I see no harm..." :)

Google say that you're not allowed to click on your own text adverts, not even once. whoops. I've looked at some of mine, here and there - but not one a day, not one a week

some of the ads look interesting

Susannad, I clicked my ads overall maybe 3 times in 5 or 6 months I'm with them because the ads were interesting, but other than that - never click on them. I think its all right if you do it once a month maybe.. Cause there is a difference when people do it 2-3 times a day and once a month.

Best,

thanks artashes, I was starting to shake a little in my boots

it stands to reason though, google isn't going to pay you to read their ads are they!?!
Do they also monitor how many page impressions you create? cos i loaded one of my index like thoudands of times while i was doing an update

Heh, I remember clicking on an i-clicks banner (when they were still around) and I was scared about doing it, but I didn't like the look of it on my site and I was sure I had disabled all banners not suited to my site. It turned out to be a shonky ad that they had slipped in after approval from i-clicks :mad:

I am surprised that they would disable an account so eaisly.. It makes it too easy for someone that doesn't like someone else to shut down their adsense account. Someone that didn't like you could just come on your site, and click away. Which kinda sucks.

Originally posted by Trifolic
Someone that didn't like you could just come on your site, and click away. Which kinda sucks. Wouldn't work. What reason would they have to think that it was done by the person who runs the site?

Originally posted by JayC
Wouldn't work. What reason would they have to think that it was done by the person who runs the site?

Well that is in a view of IF google did disable accounts for that.

I don't know if they do or not. Google seems to be very good at keep secrets.

There is a link to Google at the bottom of the ads. Does Google pay the AdSense subscriber for placing Google link ? And if the site owner clicks on the Google link is he liable to get banned ? :D

They probably know if you used the same ip address to log into the admin panel that you used when you clicked on the ad.

Originally posted by BP Steven
They probably know if you used the same ip address to log into the admin panel that you used when you clicked on the ad.

...and I thought its better to leave some things unsaid lol

Do they scan for proxy's too?
I mean how waterproof is this system...

Originally posted by BP Steven
Google say that you're not allowed to click on your own text adverts, not even once.

how come? doesn't google earn money per click, so why the heck would they care?

Originally posted by JYC
how come? doesn't google earn money per click, so why the heck would they care? Because their advertisers care.